Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-07-03
FAIRMONT NEWS.

Jury-Personal Notes of Interest.
Special Correspondence Of The Sunday Register.
FAIRMONT, July 2-Tke races 70 be run
here on Monday, July 4th, promise to be
the most successful ever held in this State.
The free-for-aH race will be a regular pie
ME for lovers Of the sport. The following
horses are entered for this race:
Essex" by French Hays.
'Wyndhoff," by l.. f Smith.
princes" by W. l.. Lantz.
Daisy Hunt" by A. b. Parsons.
Joe Daniels, " by DIR. J. II. B%rown6eld.
Cyclone" by A. j. Carothers.
One or two Others may be added before
Monday, but seven better horses than those
named never started in a race together IN
West Virginia. There will also be some
good trotting and pacing races, for which
first-class horses have been entered, and no
effort will be wanting to make the affair a
a complete success. Already there are a
large number Of strangers III town and we
look for q tremendous crowd on Monday
Besides the races there will be dancing
and various other amusements at the Fan
Grounds, and the Grafton and Shinnston
bands will be on hand to enliven the occa-
sion with delightful music.
THE grand jury meets here on the 5tn,
aud some Of the boys are scared out OF their
boots over it. There will not be any
monkey business about it this time, as
the Prosecuting Attorney seems fully de,
termined to stop violations OF the law; and
it is stated that if some of the boys don't
come to the scratch more promptly than
they have done heretofore, the next grand
Jury may be obliged TO bring sOme true
bills for perjury. We hear that one of the
liquor men is returning the money the
boys have spent with him, but he would
lind the money more useful to pay lines II
he only knew 1t.
Those entertaining gentlemen, w. Z.
and John II. Hough, have been awarded
the contract for the tin roofs for the new
houses 10 be erected at the Mountain
mines. They are first-class workmen, and
their name is a guarantee OF good work
manship.
Thomas 4. Murphy is very i'll at the
residence of his father, Nicholas Murphy,
near here. He came home from PittSburg
to attend his sisters funeral and has since
been suffering with nervous prostration.
Miss Gypsy Fleming gave a delightful
little lawn party tOa number Of her friends
on last Thursday night, at the residence OF
her father, Judge A. L. Fleming. The
evening was quite pleasantly spent by all
who were present. Among those present
were Mrs. Nellie Sweehy-Paimer, OF Wheel
ing; Miss Britain, of Philadelphia; Miss
Eastman, of Point Pleasant; Misses Matte
and Mamie MOderwell, of Genesee, Ills.
Miss Nellie Harrison, of Clarksburg; Mr..
and Mrs. A. j. Stone; Mr.. and Mrs. IL. y.
Ogden. Misses Maggie and CarlOtta Morrow,
Jennie NJ. Raymond, Winnie HOult, Sadie
Brodie, Jennie J.. Raymond, Georgia
Crane, Eta and Lucy Watson, Messrs,
George Morrow, +. r. Martin, W. +. Pier
point, Raphael Hayden, Charles l.. Wat
kins, Frank Watson, Despard Jackson,
Carney Hartley, ). X. ,Pierpoint. Harry
Sands aud Will H. Hall.
Harry Clayton, a son OF Marshal Clay
ton, of Pawpaw district, died on Friday OF
typhoid fever, aged about % YEARS. De
ceased was a very promising young man,
generally esteemed, and was married Just
six weeks agn To Miss Mamie Hoult,
daughter 0f David Hoult. HIS Sudden
and early demise Is universally deplored.
Mrs. Nellie Swcency-Palmer is visiting
Miss Georgia Craus.
The Misses Moderwell, of Illinois, are
visiting their aunt, Miss Matte Watson,
on Bridge street.
Barney Shalvey moved his family Ia
Wheeling this week, where they took up
their residence at No. - Eleventh street.
The Gordon Hotel, at KingwOOd, will he
formally opened ON July ith. George w.
s. Martin. formerly OF this place, and Il
first class hotel man, is proprietor.
Editor Ohley, of the Inter, IL i'll Wash
ingtOn.
o. S. Mckinney, editor Of the Grafton
Standard Enterprise, was in town yester,
day. Mae is a good newspaper man, OF
anything else, and gets up the best paper
ever published in Taylor county.
Three marriage licenses were issued by
Clerk Carpenter during the past week.
DR.. Roger has moved his office into the
Fleming building, opposite Carney's drug
store.
John l.. Roger, of Philippi, was in town
yesterday.
l.. p. Carr and family will leave next
week for Mountain Lake Park, where they
will spend the hot season.